Necktie.



0. J. PERSON. NEOKTIE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. so, 1908.

91 9 ,942, Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

WITNESSES:

- ATTORNEY No. 919,942. Specification. of Letters Patent.

Application filed. January so, 1908. Serial No. 413,378.

,To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ean Eb J. PERSON, a citi; n oi the United States, residing in the city of *lhicago, county of Cook, and State of lllinois, ha e invented a certain new and use- 'l'ul improvement in Neckties, of which the :lollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to neckties. its

principal objects are to produce necktie of excellent appearance, yet of great cheapness and durability, by the skill'ul combination or a simple and in expensive frame and a mere ribbon.

Figure 1 is a front perspective view oi the shield. which constitutes the principal part of the frame of my improved necktie; Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of the same shield; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the wire spring used in connection with the shield; 4 is a perspective view oi the same spring with elastic cord attached. thereto Fig. 5 is a perspective rear view of the shield, wire and elastic cord, in assembled position. Fig. 6 is a partial 'l'ront perspective view of a complete necktie 5, made up in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 7 is a partial rear perspective view o1 a complete necktie made up in accordance with my invention, with band and catch thereto attached, "for use with standup collar.

Referring to the drawings, shield 10 is a thin piece of metal, preferably sheet aluminum, bent, preferably b y stamping, into a rounded, somewhat heartshaped form, with the lower wings 11 of the side edges, and the pper rim 12 rolled backward so as to form concave space 13. Wire spring 14, preferably made of nickel-plated brass or steel, is bent so as to make a somewhat heartshaped loop, open at the bottom, and similar in outline to that or" shield 10, but with its ends 15 turned up toward the inside and "formed into eyelets 16. The upper portion 17 of spring 4 is bent so as to fit under rim 12 of shield 10; and its side portions 18 are made of such angles that by compressing them they can be pushed down between wings 11 sufficiently far to permit portion 17 to be snapped under rim 12, and so as to bear when so pushed down between wings 11, sutiiciently hard against and away from these wings to shove and hold portion 17 firmly in position when snapped under rim 12. A short elastic cord 19 is fastened to spring 14 by means of eyelets 16.

A. plain ribbon 20, of silk or other suitable Cir - c rner ace-d back o'l' boxplait rat one of the edges 2o i bon 20 then is folded, gcs '27 over the sides and 'th its free upper end 28 12 and down the back of shield. 10, wings 1], so as to stretch boXplait t ver the lace ol' shield 10 and to cover andholosioec es Z1 mspace13. Thereupon spring 14 is inse ed over one. 28 oi ribbon 20 between j into space 13 and pushed down until it upper portion 17 can be snapped under rim 12. This is the ndone, and at the same time stretch on ribbon 2G is suliiciently released so as to permit spring 14, by means oi its upper portion 17 to push that portion 01 end a nst which it bears, under 1., thus locl ng it there while clamping with its side portions 18, backl'olded edges 27, and backlolded end 28, oi ribbon 20, into space 13, and at the same time bringing cord 19 into position to be utilized for hanging the whole necktie, thus formed, on the tree forward end. c1" the button of a lay-down collar. It is 01' course evident that in lieu o'lelastic cord 19 other suitable means lor l'astening the neo -tie in place may be enmloyed. For use with standup collars ribbon 29, with catch 30 (adapted to catch under the front end ol' the collar button) attached thereto, is inserted beiore portion 17 of spring 14 is snapped into position under rim 12, between spring 14 and the back'l'olded portion 28 c'l' ribbon 20, in such a manner as to locate catch 30 between the side portions 18 of spring 14.

It is manifest that by pushing spring 14 down until portion 17 is released from under rim 12, the whole necktie can instantly be separated into its original parts, leaving each complete and whole, and that likewise a reassembling can be very quickly accomplished; also that the position of ribbon 20 can be considerably shifted on the frame, and also reversed; thus making it practicable chm to distribute the wear over a large portion of it, and to easily and completely remove ribbon 20 for cleaning, washing, ironing; or refreshing generally. All of this is sic-coin plislied together with a considerable reduetion in the cost of production of neekties: uli labor and material for lining, stiffening and sewing of each new ne ktie being; by the srnell cost of my comparatively indestructible and very inexpensive frame, while the life of the expensive front part of the necktie (the ribbon or its equivalent) is yer T inuei prolonged in each case.

dliile I iieve shown in the drawings m described in detail in tlie specification, only net term of DQSi'itiGS of my invention which aresents tire en eerenee of re 'uler four-ini l" :3

hand neckties, I. do not desire to confine niy elenns to that form; for my invention 1s readily adaptable to other forms ol' neekties and to new forms that fashion may from time to time dictate.

T2 1 1 claim as my invention, and intend to secure by Letters Patent, is: i in a device of the Kind described the combination witlr niein bony having a folded to of e wi spring insertible unlords on snid body, said spring l1ev inn j the lower part turned inward and uplt i d the oenterpartof aidbody,tl1e

turned up pert being formed into 1 attached to said orining e loop adapted to be 0 the top fold of said body,

urn-oses desoribed.

"HART ES 3. PERSON.

In presence of- NIELEWSKI,

MARY D. BUCKLIX. 

